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Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night.

Sawyer Cemetery

Born:October 13, 1948 at Caribou, ME

Entered
Service in the US Army from Bangor, ME

Earned The Medal of Honor During the Vietnam War For heroism
September 14, 1969 at Song Be, Vietnam

Died:September
14, 1969 at the age of 20

Sergeant
Skidgel and his section, with other elements of his troop, were
acting as a convoy security and screening force when contact
occurred with an enemy battalion concealed in tall grass and in
bunkers bordering the road. Sergeant Skidgel maneuvered off the
road and began placing effective machinegun fire on the enemy
positions. After silencing at least one, he ran with his
machinegun across 60 meters of bullet-swept ground to another
location from which he continued to rake the enemy. Moments
later he was alerted that the command element was receiving
intense automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenade and mortar
fire. Although he knew the road was saturated with enemy fire,
he calmly mounted his vehicle and with his driver advanced
toward the command group in an effort to draw the enemy fire
onto himself. Despite the hostile fire concentrated on him, he
succeeded in silencing several enemy positions with his
machinegun. Moments later he was knocked down onto the rear
fender by the explosion of an enemy rocket-propelled grenade.
Ignoring his extremely painful wounds, he staggered back to his
feet and placed effective fire on several other enemy positions
until he was mortally wounded by hostile small arms fire.